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2008 snow goose pics


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yep- he's a fun guy to be around. how many birds did you guys end up with?

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haha! How many birds do you ask?? we are sucking it up this spring break!! All I can say is we haven't even broke the 100 mark yet! We should be there before too long but this weather has the geese all messed up! I say bring on the warm weather and get these educated old birds out and the dumb juvies in! Then we should pile em up!

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Shot my first banded bird last thursday morn. Had to track it down in the snow across a huge field. She walked a long ways. It pays to find those cripples. The other snow in the pic is the biggest snow I've ever seen. The bird was banded in 2003 when it was to young to fly in Churchill, Manitoba.

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Only killed 11. The field we wanted was taken already when we went to ask permission. Tony Vandemore and the Zink boys were pullin out of the drive when we got there. Kinda makes a guy feel worthless when we kill 11 birds in our field and less than 1.5miles away they ripped 77 birds with 9 guys and 2 cameras. OH well.

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dang those remind me of the spring and fall days of living in N. Dakota..awesome pics

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Great pics guys. I don't know much about snows, so can anybody tell me what is growing on that bird's beak?

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 Originally Posted By: GottaGo
Great pics guys. I don't know much about snows, so can anybody tell me what is growing on that bird's beak?

If I'm not mistaken, that is a Ross Goose. They develop those 'warts' around the base of their bill.

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I think you're right hanson, pretty sure they develop more of them as they get older.

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heres a few from last weekend...

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quality isnt the greatest; some were taken on a disposable camera.

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All shot in MN over decoys last weekend. Not a huge pile but still a descent hunt.

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Nice commander? Are those juvies mostly or are they just dirty? Looks like fun. How many dekes did you deploy for your spread?

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Its a long story. Lets just say it was a muddy mess. One of the worst fields I have hunted.

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Beautiful afternoon in the field

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Cold mornings

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Our kill- Over 30 Ross' the first 2 rows, 3rd row blues, 4th row adult snows and 5th row juvies.

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Our prized unicorn Ross goose

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  • Official Fishing Report Team - MN

Chuck - Nice birds and definately a nice set-up with the sheet-water pond in the middle!

Woodduck26- Nice eagle head looks like a mounter to me!

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that is an awesome blue, dang near looks like a speckle belly, awesome!

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